From 1971 to 2007 he worked for Alcatel,[1] including the position of COO for the company's American arm.[2] At Alcatel Australia he was responsible for Alcatel’s business in Australia and New Zealand and established an early focus on research and development and technical management.
At Alcatel USA he was Chief Operating Officer in USA, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel’s Fixed Communications Group in Paris.
He was President responsible for infrastructure products, including network switches and optical communications systems.
He was Alcatel's Chief Operating Officer.
Mike Quigley was appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of NBN Co on 25 July 2009.[3][4][5][6][7] In June 2010 he would donate $2 million [8] to Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), which will use the NBN to deliver remote rehabilitation therapy to stroke patients via the Nintendo Wii game console. Two million dollars is approximately equivalent to the NBN CEO's first year salary.
Mike Quigley announced in July 2013 that he would retire from NBN Co, staying on until a new CEO was found.[9] He departed on 3 October 2013, replaced by former OPTUS & Telstra CEO Ziggy Switkowski as Executive Chairman (and Interim CEO) with immediate effect.[10]
In December 2013, Telsoc (formerly ATUG), the Australian Society for Telecommunications & Digital Communications, awarded their "Charles Todd Medal" for Excellence in Telecommunications to Michael Malone and Mike Quigley.[11] Quigley's acceptance speech at Telsoc.[12]
In 2015 Quigley, as past CEO of NBN Co, publicly attacked the NBN and the MTM, noting cost blowouts and delays that he said were the fault of changes made by the Coalition government to the rollout plan.[13][14][15][16][17][18]